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New Ulm weekly review., 1887-08-17
We All Know Him.

Is there newspaper editor living
who can listen to this sort of thing
for an hour and a half without wanting
to commit murder? A travelling gas
bag. who should be branded. "This
is a Bore, bounces in on you when
the printers are clamoring for copy,
and there is no copy.
The bore helps you out by saying
Just run in to tell you capital lit
tie thing | heard at a dinner party last
night, and as soon as heard it nude-
ed my wife and said to her, I'll tell
Brown that tomorrow and he can put
it in his paper. [ often tell him little
things like that to help him out. No,
thanks, old fellow; no, thanks. It amt
much trouble, and you can do me a
good turn some day, eh? Course you
can, old boy.
s:Do you know I think was born
for an editor, Brown? Blamed if I
don t.
Lots Of folks have wondered why I
dldn take up q journalistic instead of
business career. That's what they
bave! I've got the journalistic instinct
in me SO big can't keep out Of news
paper Offices to save my neck. But
about this little thing I heard at the
dinner party. Blamed if it amt rich.
That's what it is! No chestnut about
it. You know that Mr.-oh, what's his
namep Hanged if ever could remem-
Der names. But you know him. Wears
glasses sometimes, and is little bald.
What is his name? I've heard it tifty
times. You'd know it if you heard it.
I know you would. Well, he told the
story; and hanged if he didn't tell it
well, too. Yes, he did. Isn't his name
Hargrayep Seems like it is. Z M sure
it begins with an H I'll tell YOU
where he stays. He's manager or
something or other or bookkeeper or
maybe it's silent partner in the firm
of-of hang3it! What is that firms
name? Blamed if l couldn't kick my
self for
You wish in the depth of your heart
that he would kick himself clear down
stairs; you like to kick him SO far in
to space that he'd never get back
again. But, ten to one he's one OF
those kind Of fellows you have to treat
civilly. and SO he rambles on and Oh
to the bitter end. 56z BITS.
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-08-17
SuperstitiOns About Funerals.

It is bad luck to whistle or hum the
air that a band plays at a funeral.
If two persons think and express the
same thought at the same time,s one of
them will die before the year passes.
Ii two young girls are combing the
hair of third at the same time, it may
be taken for granted that the youngest
of the three will soon die.
If at the cemetary there be any nn-.
usual delay in burying the dead, caused
by any uniooked-for circumstances,
such as the tomb being too small to hold
the coffin, til a sign that the deceased
is selecting a companion from among
those present, and one of the mourners
must soon die.
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-08-17
1t Had Gone.

He sat on a log on the banks Of an
Arkansas creek, when a traveller came
along and saluted:
.'Good-day, mister. Waiting for a
rise ?''
s That's just what I am waiting for,
was the reply.
Got a fat-boat up stream ?''
No. sir, I'm government engin-
eer. Congress has appointed s48 900
to improve this river, and I'm waiting
for q rise SO I can find the stream.
how long since you saw anything Of
it?'' Val Street News.
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-08-17
"A thoughtful Pa.

Count Fortunehunter Now that we
are married never more to part, /
want to ask you if it was not Il great
struggle for you to give up your lux
urious home and become the wife of a
"a comparatively poor man, you
know.
Bride Oh, went through that
struggle long before meet you. Pa
advised me to marry.
.Whatpu
The place is naort rtgaged for twice
its value, and pa had % borrow money
to hold on to it until after tho wedding.
Pa alWays was 50 thought tful. g -
OmahG World ~ "a
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-08-17

0St IrlpS winch had ever been at that
time. The stages ran between, Atchi-
son, Kan. and Salt Lake City. HoIla-
day receiving $3.50, 600 for carving the
mail between those two points. The
stages were the thorough brace. Con
cord coaches. invariably painted a
bright red, thoroughly equipped for
service and drawn by four spanking
horses. the whole making an imposing
spectacle.
The accommoda dations Of stage travel
offered by Mr.. HolladaY were OF the
very best The horses were without
exception fine, spirited animals, and
the stages were the best that could be
procured. The stages were run on
uniform time. The end Of the route
was PlacerYille. Nevada, and it was to
this point that Horace Greeley was
fastening to deliver his lecture when
Hank Monk, the famous staged driver
OF western romance. who was. driving
along fearful precipice at an alarm
lnge.ly e. rapid gait, called to the alright
ed journalist, who had stuck his head
out of the window to protest: s'Keep
your seat, Mr.. Greely, Ill get you to
Placerv1lle in time!''
Holiday ran the stage from 1861
until 1867. When the Union Pacific
road was finished to Cheyenne he found
himself out of business, so he took a
great deal of his money and began
building a railroad from San Francisco
to Portland. At one time it is esti-
mated that Holladay must have been
worth S5,00O,000. He devoted himself
to the object of developing the Pacific
coast, and soon lost a great deal Of his
money in railroad schemes. Between
the years 1869 and 1872 he lost nearly
everything he had in connection with
the building of the Oregon railroad.
He secured from the government be-
tween $3.50. 600 and $4OO, 600 for carry
ing the mails beteen Atchison and
Salt Lake. When compelled to give
up the stage business he settled in Cal
ifornl;, and there erected one of the
grandest mansions on the Pacific coast.
Ever since he lost his money. which
happened some years ago, Holiday
had been planning to complete his
railroad to Portland. When he became
involved, he decided the remnant of his
property to his brother, and when in
the course OF time his brother refused
to restore it to him, Holiday demand
ed restitution in the courts and received
therefrom three -fourths of what he had
decided away
In 1864 and 1866, Holiday lost great
numbers of horses. mules, stages, sta
tions, hay and grain by the raVages of
the war between the Sioux and Chev-
enne Indians. At this time it is esti-
mated that he lost one half a million
dollars clear. He Immediately put a
claim before congress for that amount,
but never received anything to compen-
safe him for his loss. Holladav had
been interested in one Of the Pacific
steamship lines. and in a great many
other large concerns in and about the
Pacific coast
Holladay street in this city was nam
ed after Ben Holladay, because of the
stage office which was situated at the
corner of Fifteenth and that street.
The old barn where the stages were
kept were located in the block now oc-
pied by the post Office on Lawrence
street.
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-08-17
Sour Mash.

.Maudie, dear, how did you enjoy
The afair?'' asked Susie, as they were
returning from the church picnic.
..Ohi it was just too lovelv.'''
'sWh by; I Thought it was just horrid.
What did you do to have such good
timep'' : .8.'7s
4 dealtlout the lemonade, = replied
Maudie.
xAh.sI zee. You were on the sour
mash. Minneapolis Journal.
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-08-17
NEWS TN BRIEF.
Reports Concerning the Great. Drouth East, Of
the Mississippi.

q . + Il . ~. T+i il = &
Chicago paper summing up the reports
received by it OF drouth, prairie fires, ruin
led crops, ETC., says there is an area per-
haps rs, 600 square miles, in the nor thwest
where the dust lies heavy upon the earth
The districtis bounded by Madison on the
north, bloomington on the south. Lake
Michig gan on the east, and the Mississippi
river on the west. 1t is within the limits OF
these boundaries that the vegetation has
lost its normal color and the earth its
moisture In southern Wisconsin there
are thousands OF acres where corn will not
yield peck to the acre. Wells have run
dry, and IN some towns water famines are
imminent. Typhoid is becoming more
prevalent and dysentary and other stom-
ach disturbances are SO common in, some
places as to be almost epid emic. Unlsss
rain falls before many days, the suffering
will be greatly augmented. Hundreds of
cows are being killed and shipped tomarket
Tor mere pttance. Added to all the mis-
cries attending the heat and drouth is the
constant fear OF fires. The tall grass Of the
prairie is dead, the fields are ready to burst
into flame, and leaves lie in heaps in the
forest. In some towns the people are
often called on three or four times day
to fight the flames. Destructive fires have
been raging for many days at Kenosha,
Racine and Walworth counties, in Wiscon-
sin. Thousands OF acres have been swept
by the flames, and the loss to farmers in
hay, grain, fencing and buildings is very
great. Above Madison the logs arc burn
ing fiercely, and the pungent smoke hangs
over the country for miles around. The
Northern Illinois fires are SO numerous
that the farmers have plowed the ground
about their buildings in order to check the
spreading OF the flames "
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-08-17
Sincerely.

Her little note is folded neat
(Rough linen is dainty sheet),
And ere she signed her name she wrote.
Sincerely yours
I know that you will tritely say
She signs her letters every day,
To friends and aunts (my rivals, two),
Sincerely yours. y
know you'll say the phrase is old,
Not loying-no, but rather cold;
And yet think she really meant
Sincerely yours
And it has given courage to me
10 ask il she'll consent to be,
During our brief terrestrial trip,
>. Sincerely mine!
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-08-17

The following patents have been issued:
Wisconsin: H. E. Anderson, Chetek stove.
pipe thimble w. De Brock, Milwaukee, pneu.
matte valve operating mechanism for hy-
draulic elevators; J. T. Greenwood, Beloit.
fire extinguisher; R. D. Whittemore, Chip.
pewa Falls, halter. Dakota: G. E. Mich
OILS, Sioux Falls, snow excavator and au.
tomato dunper J. B. VIM, Watertown,
lifting jack.
statement prepared ,at the treasury
department shows that the cost of the
silver bullion purchased by the treasury
for the coinage OF silver dollars during the
fiscal year ended June 80, 1887. was
1874, 563, 6l5, while the cost of the bullion
delivered on purchases was $24, ,649, 342,
EIhe cost OF the silver bullion consumed in
tine dollar coinage during the same period
was 25,349, ,274, and the number OF sill
Fer dollars coined was 33, ,266, S31.
The following pensions have been grant
sd; Dakota-S. Hacket Athol; j. W.
Huntoon, Case; j. n. Templeman, Miller.
kMlnnesota-Widow OF s. Alexander, Wat
-erville. Original: Z. B. Stillwell, Lake
Eity; 5. Alexander, Watervlle; c.. Winzer,
Huron Lake; II. Jarvais, Henders on: F.
t5reeney, Minneapolis; S. Papin, St. Paul:
&. Smart, Shingle Creek; J.. Rouleau, st.
Paul
Post Offices established: Dakota-Ap.
iegate, Campbell county. Fourth-class
ostmasterss appointed Oak ota-Fair-
urn, 6. o. Sanderson. wisconsin,
-Eille, Il. Bensit; Owen, Nellie E. MARSHALL:
Wuertsburg, f. T. Wiengand. Monta.
ha-Piperstone springs, G. Paul
| Anoted crookcalled Russian Frank was
hot at and captured by St. Paul police
nan. About 800 in gold and silver and
leyeral drills were found on his person.
pr. Spencer was called and found that the
pan had been shot in the mouth, the bull.
PIT taking downward couse and lodging
a his neck. He was taken to the county
Iiil. He had first been engaged in blowing
Sp a safe in Minneapolis.
The corner stone OF the State School at
hwatonna, for INDECENT Children, was laid
It owatonna, with appropriate GER
honies.
-sy.. Seymour and Mrs. Henry, who
4oped from GAINESVILLE have reached Can
d. N safety.
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-08-17
A West Virginia TRAGEDY.

At Point Pleasant W. Va, for some
months past Amos and Bradley Townsend,
cousins, has both been paying attention
to Miss Eunice Laidley. Each lover had
begged her to accept him and to discard
the other. Recently both were at Miss
Laidley's home, and finally she declared
that they should "draw'' straws to decide
3"ho should become her husband This
was agreed to, and Bradley Townsend won
the lady's hand. Amos at once withdrew
and started for home, leaving his success
Iul rival with the girl on the porch A few
minutes after Amos departure the report
OF a gun rang out, and Bradley Townsend
was horrors tricken TO find that his sweet
heart had fallen dead with a bullet through
ther heart. Amos, who is undoubtly the
ssassn; has not since been seen.
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-08-17

And we ride on. What use to tramp
over this hell-spot in search Of name?
Of what use to dig a grave for these
bones? What to the world away be-
yond the mighty prairie that few
more Of its millions have died or how,
or when. But we mutter curse upon
the human devils, and we utter silent
prayers to God for the victims. Detroit
Free Press
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-10-28

The EDITORS BRIDE.-The good
book has said that it is not well for
man to be alone. 1t has been say.
ing so for about two thousand years,
more or less, but 1t was only yester.
day that We conceded that such
was indeed the Ease and proceeded
TO get US a wife. Our readers are
no doubt we'll acquainted with the
Widow BIOdgers, who keeps tho
clearinghouse just around tue
cOrner from this Office, good clean
beds and Il square meal for fifty
cents. There in that mansion it
was that the shot IRON Cupil's bow
was SHOT clean through our too
tender heart. Yes, there we saw
the Widow BlOdgers, and it was
there we wood and won and we'd
her. 1t was on "A moonlight night
she approached us with a board bill
in her hand, but all undaunted we
fell at her feet aud poured forth the
tale of affection that filed our DO.
som. Need we say that the moon
looked down with watery eyes
through the dark, swaying boughs
of the oak Need We say that fair
head nestled gu our editorial shOul.
ders, and sue said she would be
Oursf Mol but such was the case,
and tonight We are "a married man.
The ceremony Who can tell
about it'll There was the parson-
we promised him 90; there Was the
bride, all white hubdubs aud wells,
and flowers and ribbons and smiles,
and there was we-the whole Is
summed up in the confession we
hereby breathe forth to the breth.
rem of the preserve are no longer
we've are us.-EagIe GEIck War
WhOOp.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-10-28


Nashville correspondent writes
the following: "During the Presi.
dents reception to-day, whilo many
poorly dressed people, evidently
farmers aud wOrkingmen and wo-
men, were passing before him, Mr..
Cleveland administered a singing
rebuke to a number OF w~ell-dressed
people, who, having been presented,
had stepped back of him and were
making unkind remarks touching
the personal appearance OF those
passing along in. front. Herring
the remarks aud the laughter, the
President said These good people
are here out of respect TO me. /
Am not willing for you to make
sport of them. 1t is mol right
The laughter aud comment ceased.n
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Ghe lemnrrat-S STIR
SOWING SEED.
How the Politicians at the Capt.
tOl do the Business.

Tue following humorous article
from the Canton Citizen will be ap-
preciated by the public:
The truck business has of late
had qnite a boom, If We are to Judge
by the recent recruits, 10 the ranks
OF that grand army now marching
on to tame and fortune. Our friend
Ed Martin of the Ncw Mississippian,
has been shaking the timbers OF
Learned with his elOqnence before
1newty f0Emed Truck Farmers AS
ISOLATION, andlt is TO be presumed
he planted a few seeds Of aspira-
ton, the fruit OF which he expects
to reap about the time the next
Legislature meets. W. hope NC cut
warm will bite the stem or lady
bug blight the leaves of his hope.
Another very large Truck Farm.
era Association has been formed m
jackson. Among the many distin-
guished names enrolled, we notice
those OF j. A. 2. Campbell, Chas.
e. Hooker and Ethel Barksdale.
What these prominent gentlemen
propose to plant we cannot guess.
We cannot blame the greatest Ia w.
yer in the State for doing as we
did-fOrsake the dreamy and soul.
less law and rest his tired mind by
seeking sweet solace in the arms OF
nature.
We cannot blame the sllvery
tongued Hooker for bracing up to
meet the fatigucs of u winter at
Washington by an early crop Of
turnips. Nor can VIC blame our
honored friend, Maj. Barksdale, tor
returning to IA constituency which
he so nobly represented, and max.
ing himself dear to them by walk.
ing in the quiet and unpretentious
paths OF the farmer. Ii the Major
had an eye to business while in
Congress, he ought to be better
prepared than any man in this sec
tiOu for trucking. In the daily dis
tributiou of garden seed, lie surely
must have laid by ali the seed he
wanted, to plant his crop. Every
Truck Farmer makes a speciality of
some crop. We think the Major
will conline himself to planting
GOOber-natorial seed around the
garden fence Of the Executive
Mansion. He may be relied upon
TO keep those vines clean and well
cultivated. If he does moi get the
first fruit INTO market, it will be be
cause II. N. Miller started his plants,
COpiah-like, in a hOt-bed. Our
friend Henry of tho Ledger, does
not seem to have joined the new
Farmers Association, but all the
same, he is a dandy when it comes
TO sowing seed. lie has planted
about rs big IA crop us any one man
can attend to, and our sincere wish
is that they may f%ruitify and bear
a rich harvest.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-10-28
wanamnker on Advertising.


John Wanamakcr, the great Phil
adelphIa merchant, recesf s2spOEs
az follows about adyeriisin&
81 never in my life used such o
thing IN u poster, or dOdgeT, OF
handful. My plan Tor fifteen years
has been to buy so much space 10 .
newspaper aud ill it up with what
wanted. l would not give an ~,
vertisement in a newsp Iper OF 4W
circulation for 5000 dodgers OF
posters. II / wanted TO sell chesP
jewelry or run q lottery scheme l
might uso posters, but | woIiu
not insult a decent reading puOlO
with handbinS. The class OF pee.
pie who read such things are poOl
material to look to for suppor.,a
mercantile affairs. l deal dlrectp
with the publisher. ! say to nlm'
How long will you let me run
column of matter through your pA.
per for 800 or $780, as the cMss
may DC. let him do the hgnrlus,
and II | think he is not trying -
take more than his share ! give hIn
the copy. 1 lay aside the prons'
on a particular line of goods LOT ~.
vertising purposes. The FIRST ys.,
| laid aside $4,000; last year l hm
and spent $4,000. l 9" ~
done better this year, and sna',
crease that sun a. the pronls =.
rant il. I owe my success 'O'Il
newspapers, and to them s, nv
give y certain prom VI
business
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-10-28
Tegarde1l Hotel,
Mississippi City, Miss.

Tho undersigned having purchased the
above named Hotel, which is within 900
feet of the depot of the L. and N. r. 4,
near where the depot of the Gulf and Ship
island X, X. will be, and on the Beach of
the Gulf Of Mexico. / nave thoroughly
repaired the building and furnished it
with new furniture. Am prepared to give
frst-class accommodation TO u limited
number of guests at easOLa able rates.
The Hotel is supplied with the pursst
Of water trom an artesian we'll. The table
supplied with the best the markets afford,
and every attention for the comfort of
guests will have his personal attention.
Would respectfully refer to the guests
that were with me ut Gulf View Hotel
last summer. II. P. AT KINS, Prop'r.
May u, 1857. 13-ly
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Postnhice nnd Walls.

P~Osrofice open from 8 a.u. to 8 pm.
every day.
On Sundays open from . to lOa.m. and
from | to , pm.
Letters for register will be received
during the week from 8 a. m. till 800 m.
ae letters registered on Sundays, nor after
aOurs on week days.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Prom ScnantoH---Auives at o;35 an. and
I:l5 pm Departs at Oils am. and
3:45 pm.
Leakesrille RoEte--Arrives on Wedncs-
days and Saturdays at s pm. Departs
on Mondays snd Thursdays at 6 am.
A. BLUMER, p. NJ.
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Hotel,
ON TIE BEACH,
East PascagOula, Miss.
JOHN E. CLARK, Proprietor.

This. well-known Hotel having been
thoroughly repaired, re-painted aud new
ly furnished throughout, is now open for
the reception of bOarders. 1t is one of the
most pleasantly situated Hotels on the
Gulf Coast being Immediately on the
Coast fronting tho sea, where salt water
bathing, fishing, ETC., is unsurpassed in
the South. 1t is within one-mile- and-a
half of the depot of the Louisville and
Nashville X. X. Hacks meet all trains.
EH~Board by the day, week or month as
as anywhere on the Sea Coast.
Morch 4, 1857. lon
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Chicago Girl-"To settle ah''
wager, 1 have called, sir te ask
a little question as to the erlg'" y
a certain popular joke"
Humorous Editor-"Weh' m'.'
am pretty well up in AnefJ nv
tory ,o
Chicago Girl-awhat | Wsa' =
learn i When that borrid joke aoo''
Chicago girls feet frst started, ..0-
Hamorous Editor-"Sorry -.
NOT give the exact datrg bat
sume Il was about the time n'sSfs
els began 10 visit theie'
World.
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Moss Point Directory.


METHoDIsT-Rev. J. P. Drake. pastor,
Preaching every Sunday. Prayer meet
ing every Thursday evening.
BAPTlsT-Elder O. ID. Bowen, pastor.
Preaching frst and third Sabhaths N each
month.
PKEsBYTKRfAN-Rev. ID. o. Byers. pas
tor. Preaching every irL ID aud -
Sabbath az 1879 am. Prayer meeting
every wednesday evening al 30 pm.
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THE PICAYUNE,
fhe Leading Newspaper Of the South.

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Is Independent and fearless in its editO-
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BY telegraph and correspondence. and
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Which may be taken separately from
the daily subscription service, is full
and complete in all news departmental,
with the added features Of household,
fashion and society talk, aud q feast Of
choice original and selected literary
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THE WEEKLY PICAYUNE.
This mammoth 10-page paper is the
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SINE 0mcers.

Robert Lowry, Governor. @. d. Stands. Lieu.
tenant Governor Gee. NJ. Govan. Secretary Of
state W W stone. Auditor Public Accounts
VIM L. Hemingway, Treasurer; T. Marshall
Miller, Attorney enefal; J.. T. Preston. Super.
intendent Of Public Education O. W Carlisle,
Commissioncr Of Immigration and AEriaulture.
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Chancery Court Seventh Dist.
SYLVANIIS VAN Chnncellnr.

SYLVANUS EVANS, Chancellor.
jackson county, first Monday Of March and SEP
TENDER. continuing six days.
Harrison county, second Monday in March and
September continuing six days.
Hancock county, third Monday in Marcn and
September. continuing six days.
Greene county, second Monday n April and DC
tOber, continuing six days.
Marion csunty, fourth Monday in March and
September, continuing six DAYS.
Perry county, first Monday after the fourth Mon
day in March and September, continuing six days.
Wayne county, fourth Monday after the fourth
Monday Of March and September, continuing ak
DAYS.
Clarke county, first Monday In May and EOvem-
Der, continuing six DAYS.
Lauderdale county, third Monday Of May and
November, continuing twelve days.
Kemper county, second Monday In May and No
vember. continuing six DAYS.
Monthly rules of Chaneery Court on first Mon
day in each month.